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Alertmanager with Docker Compose

Prometheus Alertmanager with an inline starter config ready for Slack, email or webhook receivers.

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services:
  alertmanager:
    image: prom/alertmanager:v0.28.1
    restart: unless-stopped
    command:
      - --config.file=/etc/alertmanager/alertmanager.yml
      - --storage.path=/alertmanager
    configs:
      - source: alertmanager_config
        target: /etc/alertmanager/alertmanager.yml
    volumes:
      - alertmanager-data:/alertmanager
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:9093:9093"

configs:
  alertmanager_config:
    content: |
      route:
        receiver: default
        group_by: ["alertname"]
        repeat_interval: 4h
      receivers:
        - name: default
          # slack_configs:
          #   - api_url: https://hooks.slack.com/services/...
          #     channel: "#alerts"

volumes:
  alertmanager-data:

How to use it

docker compose up -d
docker compose ps
docker compose logs -f

• Add the target alertmanager:9093 under alerting in your Prometheus config.

Prefer Kubernetes? See the Alertmanager Kubernetes version.